CNPRC Scientist Talks Wildfire Smoke, Health

(UC Davis) – The recent wildfires in Sonoma, Napa, Solano and Yuba counties have caused air quality to deteriorate throughout Northern California putting thousands of people at risk of potential health problems from the smoke. In this edition of Capital Public Radio’s Insight, host Beth Ruyak talks with California National Primate Research Center Core Scientist Kent Pinkerton about the effects of the wildfire smoke on the body and what you can do to protect yourself.

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The CNPRC is an Organized Research Unit of the University of California, Davis and part of the National Primate Research Centers Program. The CNPRC mission is to improve human health and quality of life through support of exceptional nonhuman primate research programs.

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Programs of the California National Primate Research Center are supported in part by the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) of the National Institutes of Health through Award Number P51OD011107.